J -w V )ctoctkli!a?cc. bcottsduro, fiuday, junk o, im. .- M1EMFS: lien T. At.t.iv. Kiwi.. Coosa IlftV. llon.Ni & Wood, and Mj, K. D. 1UU., Randolph City. Col. VT. V. CnxrxAK, Klklon. 'JrscE Arri.naTK, Em., Yoncalla. II. I'ikxstok, Qroon Valley. C. 8.lI)Rtw,'Iq., Jacksonville. Flood, Esq., Winchester. yesterday nftornoon, tlint tho Russian fil. f Mo Diana wns.iylng-to just outside tho1 lends, mid that the British Consul Imd despatched a pilot boat to tho frigate Am phytritc, to warn her of t'ho xioinity of tho enemy. Tho Diana started from Valparai so n Tow weoks ago, lor ttto saw -icn Islands, and tho Amphylrtte has been crms ing near this coast for several months. Wo do not vouch for tho truth of theso reports, and give them only because they wore tho principal topic of conversation Inil even. Inrr. Chronicle, May 25A Thk Waoon RcCr. This work is near ly completed. All' tho bridges along tho line, with tho oxcoption of tho Elk Creek bridgo, will bo finished in a vory fow dnys, Como on, then, with your wagons, gentlo .men ll Tliero is in Scottsburg a good sup ply of groceries, provisions, and merchan dize, which can bo had on reasonable terms. The Election. Tho Democrats havo made a clean swcop in Umpqua county, nnd elected nil their candidates. Tho ro turns will bo found in another column. In tho two precinct wo havo heard from fin Cooso county. Dr' Foster lias a majority I of ono hundred and sixty votes, for Repro tentative. election Rctmw-Oirielnl. o m o u a I v f 47 2. - From Coosb Bay. Tho schoonor Da nariscovt, laden with cord wood, was ready to sail yesterday from tho Ba Wo under stand that business at Empire City is very dull at present, nnd that tho Cooso Bay Company is about to bo dissolved. Tho news from Randolph is quite favor able. .Many of tho claims that wcro desert ed early in tho spring aro now paying well ; nnd there is a fair prospect of a brisk Undo during the summer. (& Our dcvtl has just informed us, in a very confidential manner, that Uio idoa that struck a man has been bound over to koop tho peace. A raro specimen of devil that few words, big thoughts, nnd small pota toes. Our friend Bcckskix informs us, that the littlo that was " owing to circumstances " has beon paid. 0r Tho fifty dollars subscribed by us to tho Wagon Road, to bo taken out in sub. Bcriptions to tho GazcUe, has been paid by lHltQtMfc JUjHtM dr iCel'nka, who havo V .taken' the ten fefffc"- - For Conv'u, Ag'st " Represent', Ladd, Thompson,! Commissioner, Brown, Spicor.f Allen, Probate Judge Chad wick," Applcgate.f Superintend'!, Spencer, Allen.t Gilbert, Trcanrcr, Wells, Williams, f Assessor, Stephens, Venable.t Mills,! Wreck Mast'r Wood, Maxcy, Surveyor, Scholfield, Huntington,f Coroner, Kellogg, Pros. AU'y, Stratton, Priin.f 10: 30 11 24 30 ,30 23 53 3S MM 45 38 81 18 50 13 15 0 39 28 44 12 22 33 30 13 31 5 0 32 19 311 14 31 32 20 20 91 2-1 20 20 10 14 20 20 10 0 21 25 r. 8 n 25 33 0 15 29 15 20 21 20 15 20 5 10 33 20 15 G 14 31 10 18 1G 10 120 33 152 107 107 110 163 til 140 35 45 137 135 1G1 00 17 03 35 21 102 GO whim our c.xportntlna Bliall bocomo equal in vnluu to our impoititllons. , Homo few men accidentally bocomo rich, ahd(ktiowing that thoy have tho monopoly oMfrndc, aro sntlsfled with tho preHoutstnto of things ', amllf thoy do not cant oliBtruo lions in tho way of opening n road, thoy do Homing lor it. mil uio worning, uiriving, improving majoiity, nro awakening to tho importance ol tlioir position, nnil nro ready to contribute their means to n work ho closely identified with their interests as n good road from Umptjun Valley to Scotte burg in acknowledge!! to be. Much has boon said about tho grant Pa cific Railroad, and nil Intelligent men nro justly in favor of lU itumcdii.to construction, though it is known that it will cost many millions nf dolltrs, and many years to coin, pleto it. But hero is n work, not less im portent to us, which will cost but a few thousands, nud fully open its advantages within a few months. Respectfully, A:c C. W. S. 140 110 102 74 150 137 110 71 33 8S 50 27 Those marked thus () aro Domocrats; "u U; "uigs; :uus () Independent. EvuLTCMskis'fmignph in reference Jo tho WtsmJUfttpi the last number, in the second column of tho first page, for " as soon as tho bill is passed' read " as soon as'tho road is constructed." Oir Our friond " G." need bo under no apprehensions of our leaving tho Gazette, however tempting may bo a dish of fine strawberries, "all smothered in cream." Otr In tho present number will bo found -all tho latest nowa of importance, from Eu ropo and tho States. (fir Tho schooner Frances Helen, Cap tain Leeds, arrived yesterday morning, in nino days from San Francisco. Through tho politeness of Geo. Hinsdale, Esq., who came up in tho Frances Helen, we aro in receipt of files of tho San Francisco papers up to May 29th, from which wo extract tho following items of nows: Great Fire i.v MAnvsviiiE. A firo broko out about ton o'clock, on Friday, May 20th, on D street, between 2d and 3d streets. It destroyed nearly tho whole of threo blocks of buildings. Tho Theatre, Court Houso, Post Office, Western House, and Presbyterian Church wero destroyed. It is impossible now to estimate the loss. Tho bulk of tha mall matter in tho Post Office is destroyed. It destroyed tho two blocks botween High street and Maiden Lano, extending from Second, crossing to Third, and destroyed half tho block be tween Third and .Fourth. It is suDDosod to have been set on fire, and tho authorities havo arrested tho supposed incendiary. AH tho buildings in the square bounded by 2d and 3d and'D streets, and Maidon Lano, except Packard and Woodruff's buildings, were buniedr Thoro wcro obout twenty small clothing, storea and a number of private dwellings bnrnod, besides thoso enumerated above. Later. Tho total loss is estimated at 9107,050. Loss of the Stbamee Aware Wo learned at a late hour last nicht that tho . Ono steamer Arispo, which sailed hence for iiumnoidt on tho 23d Inst., was wrecked on tho 25th off Capo Ross. Tho ship and f cargo aro said to bo a total loss. Tho passengers and crow aro all sate. Sovoral passongers arrivod lost night, by way of .,.... auo wai oWnea &y Messrs. Ky. ,"' D" Co. Commercial Advertiser. AJtraoB. Ujvas currently reported, For the Umpqua Wwlly Gazette. AtDKUnjOOK, DoroLAss Co., ) May 25, 1854. J Mil Editor: I am much pleased to learn tli&t a paper has been established at ScotUburg, to promote tho social and ma terialjnterests of tho Umpqua YoUey. The waatafa wast Vn mi immid.ti, mt infcfwtavbp lorbfiri 1ljji tttaawdciu V?fPrPf rflW ssT'ea tijflajiJUlMjf.lWJMC fcM4r.-f W Whether you aro acquainted with this valley I know not; but if you aro not, you will find on visiting it, one of tho most do- ligiitiut portions of Oregon. Tho scenery is pleasing anu diversified, tho soil deep and fertile, nnd tho climate agrceablo and invi gorating. Tho breath of old Neptuno, which to you, perhaps, has an odor of tho briny deep, wafta to us, tempored and a woct eued by reflections from tho fertilo ond sun ny hills. Tho most important tiling at presont re quired by tho settlors .of this valloy, is a good rood opened to tho navigablo waters of tho ocean. The present movement in that direction evinces somo nublic aonreci. ation of the importance of tho work. I trust that public effort will not bo relaxed, till an excellent wagon road is completed from this valloy to tho coast. Tho odvan- tages arising from such a work would at onco place us in tho most prosperous por tion 'of Oregon, opening new facilities to all branches of business established here, and greatly adding to the comforts and conveniences of life in this locality. Hitherto tho settlers hero havo been so imprisoned within theso mountain ranges, that many of tho comforts of life could not bo obtained, and somo of tho necessaries even, coming from abroad, wero so exorbi tantly high in nnco. or iniurod so rnuchbv accidents of transportation, that they might nfrvit am ...all hn.n av .lfaB.Ab... f.l . ui nni uaiu UUVU 1UJUUUU Willi. Our natural advantages aro great, as all must allow, but yet it would bo imnoMiblo to mako any rapid advancement, without, ior a ume, depending in a great Uogree up on the skill and labor of other countries. Even in tho most advancod and populous counties, a largo portion of tho yearly in como of tho inhabitants is spent for foreiirn articles, and how much more aro they needed by a people who havo not had t'rmo nor opportunity to supply their own wants ! wo musi nave meciiamcal and agricultural machinery and implements, cloths and household furniture, nnd articles for do. mestic consumption, besides a frequent, re gular and expeditious mail. Having im portations within reach at reasonablo prices, tho people of this valley can begin to roalizo that they aro living in a land of civilization ; and eron those fow who aro not satisfied with Oregon, will becomo reconciled, nnd adopt it as their permanent home. And be sides tho conveniences which a good road will afford in obtaining our importations, U will becomo not less important, in tho course of time, as a means of enabling us to send off our exportations with economy and des patch ; for I hopo tho tirao is not distant To the llditor of the Umpouit Gazette : Sin; Having lately mndu n short excur sion up tho Umpqua Valley, I bellovo that a brief skotcltejtmay prove interesting to Lsomo olVyTvnuuiii, wlio innv not Iinvo socti our beautiful lJtiiqua. During my travels I was, with ono soli tary exception, received nnd vory hoipitnbly cntertniicd ; snd it is only justice to a cor tain fricul of mine, not over ten miles from Scottsburg, to say that hh tnblo overflowed with ail lorts ol vegctahios, anil amongst others, ntthis early day, new potatoes, thus proving tl.it ho has more than ono profes sion at liu finger etuis, and I heartily wish him every success in all. From thb gentleman's house, I proceeded along tho tanks of tho Umpqua, and could not help leing delighted with tho scone which opoied to my viow. Probably a long rcsiddico at Scottsburg mado mo en iov things vitli doublo rellih. Hut lot nm do justico to Scottsburg ns I nrocod : if Uio valley is noro beautiful, nnd n fiords all tho vegetable luxuries of life tn its deserv ing and itiduitrioua population, yet Scntts. burg is or is now bound to bo tho nucleus from whonct! their other and no less iinpor tent luxuries, in tho shapo of groceries, Arc, will bo deriied as soon as tho waijon road is complotnl, and which I was happy to see progrcsang in a rapid and worktnanliko manner. 'Ihe travel up Elk creek is rather rugged, but the traveler on his arrival nt l oncalla, fcols doubly compensated for all by thu beauty of tho scenery, and the warm .ti.tj.uuu in, ,jruu'i?i! iroiu iuu inniicrs ui that delightfol place. Wero I nol afraid, Mr. Editor, of indu cing joh to abandon voir jrperaad be lifce'4rsclf to tlio liills or;YeBcilla.,I wnaMi?3hAtLri-C;..wX.tMifottHi navcr aro found thoro in crt abaadanaa. mi when gamishod with craai, of whkk MlaHal tho Yoncalla farmers1 are4 by rto moans niggardly, it is n feast for a Prlnco ; but having no Princes in tho Umpqua, its plain, honest and unsophisticated inhabi tants have, in my opinion, as good if not a better right to enjoy all its natural produc tions. Tho murder h out now about the strawberries and cram : but I havo formed such a high opinion of your paer, and its dovotion to tho public good of Southern Oregon, that I havo ventured to touch up on it, without being under groat apprehen sion that you will dosert your onorous post. I havo seen, during my oxcursion, somo of tho finest wheat 1 had yet soen in Ore gon, although my sojourn In tho Torritory is but littlo short of its oldest residents. Tho whoio valley of Yoncalla is abundant ly watered, overy claim having several fine springs upon it. I feel, Mr. Editor, that I nm encroaching upon your limits, nnd probably denrivini! your readers of n far moro valuable com munication; so I must conclude But bo foro doing so, and by way of encouraging your praisoworthy undertaking, 1 must say that 1 bellovo tho Umnqna farmors, as a general thing seem inclined to support and patroniso your paper, and did thov not. thov would not only neglect their own interests, as tho moro Uio world hears of them tho better, but disappoint tho opinion formed of weir noeraitty and entorpmo, by their uumDio aumirer, u, ScoTT?iiuujil June, 1851. Letter iron. ii. I.uuo. Washington Cirv. April 10, 18,"l. My Dkaii WatiShman': Your letter of 20th February has boon rouclrud, All Is being uouo Hint can bo for tho improvement of tho malt service by laud nud hcu in Ore gon, with n fair prospect of success. Territorial business Is ininlo tho spocinl order for tlin first week in May. You xluill bo Informed of tho nmult. Yesterday I In troduced a bill to enable the people of Ore gon to form a Constitution, Stnto Govern ment, &c, nud nm well satisfied that oiir interests would be greatly promoted by speedy and favorable notion by tho people In relation thereto. Our Interests can not ho ns successfully represented nnd promo ted in our Territorial statu as they would be if wo wero in tho Union, on uti equal footing with our nister States. Your fiiutul, JOSEPH LANE. In n letter to another friend, Gen. I.mie says : "Tho Commissioner of tho General Land Ollicu has given mi Important decision in relation to the Portland clnim. He holds that tho donation law is appllcnblo nlono to agricultural claims, nud not to town sites or purposes of speculation that nil town altoii are stibjunt to tho law or Cuitlru of 1811. I shall bo ablo to forward a copy of his decision by n xt mail." It is supposed "thru under tho law of 1811 n commissioner uill bo appointed to exa mine titles to town property sold, and con firm tho name in good faith. This nlll net tlo tho lung and hitter contest, ns to the rightful claimants of thu Portland claim. Oregon Weekly Times. ("iff from T.itrorM'. By the nrrAl of thu Ameilcn on thu 14 th, wo luiv further intelligence. Tho Convention bhvouu t'ttrliey, England and Franco, hns Un piiblUhed. . It in umifiijiid that tho Russian havo crossed thu Hrjubo In groat force, tho ob ject being to iliko a decMvo blow before the nrrlvnl of Co Anglo-French force. Not his tlui 00,(100 Itiisilium nro now on tho TiirklslUln nf tho Danube. On the 24lhGomirnl I.udors began pro partitions for tli sldgo or Mntnohln. On tho 23d thu Ifciiiiiuu attempted to cross tho Diuiubo ntblleultzn, when a dospornto battlo ensued, lid tho Hiisslans were 'in pulsed with dnidful carnngo. Tho Rua sinus lost a.OOJnion, nnd tho Turks them selves wero so badly cut up that they had to retiro to thei Napier's (lee of March, was posed dostiuati Aiitrnnplillllilltj. nt Inst accounts, tho 20lh' .mlii under wnv, tho suit. n being to r.cixe tho island Tub Uuvolutio.vaiiv I.i:.ni:iis ami Co.nsul Saniieks. Kossutli, Maniiil ami I.ediu-Kollin Iiavo addroMcd a letter of coudoleiico nnd friondihip to ex-consul Sander, of London. In this letter they not forth what they consider tho duty or tho United States towards tho Democracy of Europe " to countenance tho Democratic principle, and to lend, if not more, at least her moral aid to tho Republicans or Ett. ropo"; but ndd, tlint only by raro and praisoworthy exceptions had tho U. S. thus been represented abroad, "u fact certainly neither udvantagoous to tho interests oflto. publicanism in gonoral, nor nddhit to the consideration abroad of Republican Amor, ica." Thoy then proceed to prnlso .Mr. Saudora as a rapresentntivo after their own hearts, nnd to deprecate tho voto of tho U. S. Senate refusing to confirm him in tho Loudon consulship, as " a hard and mitchic. vous blow at tho p-ospocts of the I)imo. ! cracy In Europ. just attthis moment " ; , of Aland. Klogo Hay Is named M a rcu- ilezvous. Iionl Hloomfleld, tho IlrltUti Minister nt Ilerliu, tolographod to Sir Chnrle Sn pier tho declsratlou of war, with in striictions to cominom.o hostilities. Tlio accounts from UrueMrun7r. nhlo. TlioTurkUh MinistorhAll dmniMlejlL his tmssporta and loft AtheM. ft 'Uio (ireek Insurrectlof fSraa reviving; but sho Turks hold the forMM, and hant 8,000 troops in Epirus. They hivo ns yot had only one or two unimportant rencon tres v illi the insurgents. An Anglo-French occupation of tlio country wax not improb. ablo. Fnvnya wero dally oxectod nt Alliens with tho finnl commaiitU of tho English nud French Cnvarnmonts. Fifteen tlioumnd I'ronch troops had nl. ready ombarked, and tlio remaiudor of tli.i army, 50,000, will bo In Turkey by tho Ut or May. 4,000 wore landed at Oalhpoli, on the 20th. It was reported t'mt thu Itrituli laud force was to be incronsed 30,000 morn. Tho London papers aro full of prods- . . matlous, cVc. , regulating tho dotalls of thu war. MISCELLANEOUS. In tho Hou-o of Commons tho Attornoy Oeiierat gave his opinion that tho sain of Russian ihltis to neutral parties, if boru Jiih, would bo prelected in law. Tho At I torney General further stated that Great Ilrltain cannot and docs not forrgo tlio right of search of neutral vessels (ut articles con. trnband or war. The French Government rnilies n simi lar announcement with tho llntun rrjp,. t ing the commerco of iieutraii. U also hi present will not imuo itters of nurquoo S Thu I-ronch Ministu pf FtwtfM'NfteruJ and to express tho hopo that n kuowledeo mjiBduu'KsWsssntsiM of the same, L"1"1 i,)'000 l"0 lejssWetfeW thsf B4t tWir add:" Yet, however thnt invJ,Io"' ,,,u vntnmJnK'Jx.i(nJmu toe, d5ar sir.'woaro on tho ae of great irt,.l"''vo--ne as muclM nniucii. Tho following Is lileg-aphod from MaA. id of date ofast'i Mtrch: "'llio Qucon For the Crapua Weekly Oautte. Scottsjiuko, May 23, 1854. Mb. Editor : Nover has a lifo been lost from a vessel lost outsido or about tho mouth ol tho Umpqua necessarily. In ovo ry instanco whoso n vossol has gono ashoro at tho mouth of this river, had all hands staid aboard tho vossol, thoy could have walked ashoro at low water, with perfect safety. Tho average d"pth of water on tho bar, at lota water, is 21 foot, Tho distance across the bar is only 350 foot Tho steam tug II B. Forbos, of Boston, could cross the bur, m or out, 315 days out of the 365. We only want men of capital ond grit hero, to show that tho Umpqua is bound to bo and must bo tho cbiof commercial point betweon tho mouth of tho Columbia and San Francisco. God has thoro croatodtho best cbanco for a steamboat and railroad communication from San Francisco, oithor by water or land, with tho interior of Orogon. Shall man stop its progress? No! man can only delay ho cannot fltop ft, Moro by and by, from Eykiiolt. event:, nome .of UiMat who mw astcVoM jev m ejum isVav be Ud upem 'to met witn tho authority or their triumphant ro. spectivo nations; and in thnt event, uir, wo beg you to bo assured, there will bo moro than ono among us who kUll provo to you that tlio Republics of Eiirotw are not for. gotful of received services, and know how to appreciate their truo friends.' buch an epistle ns thk instead nf ht-ln. inc tho causo of Mr. Sanders, is ndanted to confirm tho Senators in thu correctness of tho judgmonl they havo passed upon him. It strongly'suggosU thnt tho Amorican con sul in London had been found a willing in Rtrument, if not a convenient tool in their hands, and carrying on their secret nnd im- practlcumo designs in hurope. JLntrst from Acapulco. By intelligence rocolved in this city, wo nro informed of tho state of affairs in Aca pill co. Santa Anna retreated to Chilpauiougo with tho remainder of Ids forces, on tho 20th. He has not mado as yet any attack on tho Castle. Tho day before his rotreat, on tho 25th, ho mado nn nttompt tn got on board tlio Caroline, and mako his cscapo; but his officers maungod to prevent it. Ho thon broko up his encampment and shot ull his prisoners. Among those shot wns Cnnt. Joso Miguel Yndart, of Los Anolos. In muKinc tils rolreat bantu Amm ivnn nt. tacked by Alvarez, nnd n largo number of ms men wero Klliod anil wounded. Sov oral officers of note wore killod. A largo number of prisoners also wero takon by Al varez, besides a valuablo lot of stores nud munitions of war. Santa Anna managed to cscapo by n sucossful trick, to Chilpan iengo, where ho has boon eiuht days. Tho following Pronunciamonto shortly bo published: lor President J mi Baptista Candlosl Minister of WvrJunn Suaroz Novarro. Minister of Foreign Relations Igur.cia Cornonfort. Minister of the Treasury Melchor Ocamp. Minister of Justice Juan Antonio do la Fuente. will rid has amnestied all the prisoners Implicated in iuu i.ojiez invasion ci uuim. 'Ilio rupturo botween thu Porte and (Jreeco If completed Professor ittou, known wj well under tho name of " Christopher North, " will no longer delight tlio world by n record or his nocturnal conversations at Ambraces. H died on thn 3d of April. FOUR DAYS LATER. Tho Arctic nrrivod on tho 5th ult. A great dubato was taking plnco in both Houses or Parliament on tho Eastvin vrr In reply to Mr. Hiitchins, who dclnllod tho circuiuMaccs connected with tho seit urn of tho Bhck Warrior by tho Cuban authorities, Lord John Russell stated that n communication had boon sent to thu Uui ted States on the subject, hut no informa tion had yet boon received from Mr. Cramp, ton. r Colonel Celt lias received nu order from tho British govorenment for 4000 ruvolroia for use In tho licet. It wns estimated that tho quarterly ro turns or tho national revenue, or Croat liritaln to April fith, would Miow an lucres or about hnir a million sterling over tie corresponding qunrtor or last yoar. i no excited state ol publiof feelfcSuM cSvorffi? DiplotnaUe wJafbru bare ccaltwiiijr iiroece'asWi-ur:6T,'M"" M . :x A new"y'of,Wit.r,aBVaboiMo be mado in Franco. In thu Dobrudsclmall thofortifiod placoa, with tho exception, porhu,!, of Tultsoha, nro in tho hands or the AusshuiB, who are, razing thorn to tho grcund. 'llio Turks havo bum ropulsod rrom er-) cry part or tho left hank of tho Danubo; except Knlnfiit, i By advices from Odossa oftho25iiM it is stated from nn excellent sourco thrj tliero is not a nhip of war in Sobnstapol, anj tliat it ii holioved somothing ts meditate! oy tno iiussinus against Varnu. "I cannot danco to-night," ns tho soldior remarked whon ho had both of his legs taken oil' by a cannon ball, "Wkoro aro now tho hopes I ohorished," as tho young lady remarked a year after marriage. "Rocked in tho cradlo of tho doop," ns the man said whon ho full overboard among the brpakors. "Thon you '11 remember mo," ns tho man said when ho applied for a cork leg. Itloxice, A report from Vora Cruz has roaflod1 Now Orleans to tho effect thnt flftv Mor. icnnu havk been nrrcBtod nt Han BH.for ' lauding witli passports. i uo iiibu ruporiuu mai mo utuicu States' Consul at El Paso has toon ar- rested by Mexican authority, for charging Snutn Amm with making thu Cudsdeii Treaty, publicly for 815,00I),0W nnd jri- j raieiy lor :tr,000,000 pock'niI dd eu,uuu,uiju. ' Wik n,. 4m V